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Evaluation of the Mutual Recognition Schemes

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

In January 2003, the Government asked the Commission to undertake a study into the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) and Trans-Tasm an Mutual Recognition Arrangement (TTMRA).

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Firm size and export performance: some empirical evidence

Gabbitas, Owen; Gretton, Paul - EconWPA - 2003

This paper uses firm level data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in its Business Longitudinal Survey to …

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Workers Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety Frameworks

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The final report of the public inquiry, National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety Frameworks. Consistent with its terms of reference, the Commission had recommended a national workers’ compensation scheme to operate alongside those of the States and Territories to...

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The Profitability of Winning

Armstrong, JS; Collopy, Fred - EconWPA - 2005

Sports and war metaphors abound in business today. For example, one management book, Thunder in the Sky, by Thomas … business world as tantamount to victory in battle.” The book advises American executives to do the same. However, such … metaphors are misleading. The objective in both sports and war is to beat the competitor. Business, on the other hand, aims to …

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ICT Use and Productivity: A Synthesis from Studies of Australian Firms

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The increased use of information and communications technology (ICT) has helped to raise Australia’s productivity growth, according to a new Commission study. It has enabled firms to innovate in what they do and how they do it. ICT Use and Productivity: A Synthesis from Studies of Australian...

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Geneses of labour market turnover: Job search and entrepreneurial aspirations on-the-job

Hyytinen, Ari; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we study the labour market behavior of employed individuals that have entrepreneurial aspirations in addition to aspirations to switch job. We analyze empirically these two “search processes” side-by-side and report three main findings: First, neither entrepreneurial...

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Entrepreneurial Efficiency: Theory

Takii, Katsuya - EconWPA - 2004

.e., their prediction ability), and derives an aggregate production function as a result of entrepreneurship. An increase in … affects the total factor productivity (TFP) of an economy, the model can explain how entrepreneurship influences TFP. …

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Entrepreneurial Efficiency: An Empirical Framework and Evidence

Takii, Katsuya - EconWPA - 2004

This paper examines a particular aspect of entrepreneurship, namely firms' activities in adapting to idiosyncratic …

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INOVATIONS - ENTREPRENEURSHIP - CREDIT in the Theory of J.A. Schumpeter

Kyn, Oldrich - EconWPA - 2005

Short explanation of Schumpeter's concepts of dynamics, innovations and entrepreneurship. It is argued, that …

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New Trade Theory Takes Over Monetary Theory

Gani, M - EconWPA - 2004

Prevailing trade theory is a neglected stepchild of economics. Micro rejects the sole reason for trade’s occurrence. It declares zero profit in equilibrium. Monetary theory and macroeconomics dismiss concerns of trade financing. They assert that money has nothing to do with traded output, but...

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